ISO: Good book on discipline for 15 month old

[Anonymous]

Can anyone recommend a good DISCIPLINE book for toddlers under 2? Most books seem to be geared to the 2+ age range and these strategies (time outs, etc) don't work for younger ones, at least our baby. I'm looking for appropriate language and strategies for dealing with tantrums, testing, and sharing toys.


Thanks for your suggestions,
Sherry

[Anonymous]

I don't have a discipline book suggestion but a suggestion for understanding that age. Look At Me, I'm One (there are also books for 2 and 3 yr olds) is an easy read for understanding the toddler age. I am sure they do have ideas for discipline but at that age, it is all about removing things that will cause problems and redirection. Discipline means to teach and you will have to do things over and over and over again for a long time in order for it to sink in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't have a discipline book suggestion but a suggestion for understanding that age. Look At Me, I'm One (there are also books for 2 and 3 yr olds) is an easy read for understanding the toddler age. I am sure they do have ideas for discipline but at that age, it is all about removing things that will cause problems and redirection. Discipline means to teach and you will have to do things over and over and over again for a long time in order for it to sink in.

I can't find this on Amazon. Do you know who wrote it?

[Anonymous]

Not the OP, but I have a 16 month old also and was looking for the same thing.

I wonder if the PP was talking about this book:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006050787X/ref=cm_rdp_product

[Anonymous]

Ironically, I have had to discipline my child since he was one per the doctor's recommendation as well. I just did time-outs in the crib for no more that 5 minutes at a time and no more than three instances for the same offense. I mostly had to do this for food throwing, which was really out of hand. I did it for a while not really sure it sunk in or anything. He eventually stopped throwing food but probably for other reasons. Anyway, he is two now and when he gets angry and bangs cupboards or anything that is truly obnoxious I ask him if he wants to go in to the crib and he shakes his head, says no and stops doing it! So, I guess he remembers?

[Anonymous]

Are you for real 09:47? You gave a one-year old time outs for food throwing? Get real, they all throw food. Of course it didn't "sink in" he's a baby.

[Anonymous]

We have found that removal from the situation and distraction work really well. Sometimes I feel like an entertainer with all I have to come up to keep DD from throwing a fit, but it does work.

[Anonymous]

DD is 18 months and she is in a hitting stage. She usually hits her little sister and since we cant get rid of her sister, removal of the temptation is not an option.

Recently, we started doing a modified time out. She hits once, we say "no hitting". She hits twice and we remove her from her sister and sit her down on the other side of the room, get down to her level and say directly "no hitting". She then sits there for 1 minute. She usually cries, but she doesnt get up. Then, i go get her, tell her we love her and that she cant hit bc it hurts. She then gives her sister a kiss and we tell her to say sorry, but she doesnt have that many words yet. Its been working ok, but she still hits sometimes. Its also funny, bc she'll hit and then see me and immediately go in for the kiss - I'm sure she thinks we can just skip over the whole time out, if she goes straight to the kiss.

We never would have done this for throwing food - for that, we just assumed she was done eating and took her out of her high chair.

I would also never do time-out in the crib bc I want her to like to sleep and not look at her crib as a place of punishment.